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Perhaps no NBA team has more work to do this offseason than the Miami Heat — a strange concept for a squad that has reached the Finals four years running.

The decision by LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh (as well as Udonis Haslem) to opt out of their contracts left the Heat’s roster completely gutted when NBA free agency opened Tuesday.

How gutted? Norris Cole is the lone player who appeared in a game for Miami this past season and remains under contract for 2014-15.

The common sentiment seems to be that the Big Three will return to South Beach, though, and Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski cited multiple sources Monday saying that James, Bosh and Wade will give general manager Pat Riley time to bolster Miami’s supporting cast before making their decisions.

“Right now, it’s clear they’re buying time for Riley to go out and hit the market,” an unnamed GM told Yahoo! Sports.

“Everybody has their (contract) number and has left a little bit of room to let (Riley) maneuver,” another source is quoted as saying.

James obviously is the golden goose of this year’s free-agent class, but Wojnarowski reports “an increased pessimism” among potential suitors that they’ll “never get a serious chance to engage James in free-agent meetings and presentations.” James’ agent, Rich Paul, would begin accepting calls when free agency opened, sources told Wojnarowski, but is not expected to schedule any formal, in-person meetings anytime soon.

The Boston Globe’s Gary Washburn offered a conflicting report Monday night, however, stating, via an NBA source, that Paul will meet this week in Cleveland with representatives from the Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns.

Please take a moment to admire the great LeBron for the special talent he is. It never gets old looking at the King's history. So many accomplishments Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan will never achieve:

1.Only player in nba history to quit because of air conditioner
2.Quit on his team the year after he promises a championship
3.Dunked on by a highschool kid and then confiscate tape
4.Bail on the dunk contest 9 times
5.Only able to win a ring with 2 superstars
6.play on same team as his moms boyfriend
7.Average 1.8 pts in the 4th quarter of NBA finals.
8.Lose not 1, not 2, but 3 times in the Finals.
9.Host a national televised TV show to leave his team
10.Go 2 for 18 in an NBA playoff game.
11.Get stuffed by a player under 6 feet (Nate Robinson)
12.Flop every single game in the playoffs
13.Choke 4 out of 5 finals games by dropping FG% by 18
14.0 Rings if not for refs calling early fouls on Durant and Westbrook it threw them out of rhythm, made them play soft and sit for big parts of the game which changed the flow and momentum of the finals.
15. bronze 2004 and bronze 2006